Lurker takes the plunge. Please help me spec!

Porceliamone said:
Will the Xigmatek Asgard Pro case be big enough to house the Cooler Master 612S?

I tried to find a black or grey Fractal R3 case but they seemed to have completely disappeared off the site. They only have white, which just won't do!
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It should fit the cooler, it's a reasonably large case...

The R3 I think is discontinued now, the R4 having taken its place:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Fractal Design Define R4 Midi Tower Case - Titanium Grey £99.98
1 x Fractal Design Define R4 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £89.99
Total : £202.57 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
You already have the SSD right? And probably dont need a GPU? Or can be added later?

Assuming your budget doesn't also require photoshop and lightroom, then this should fit in with the rest of the build, and in budget:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R4 Midi Tower Case - Titanium Grey £99.98
1 x Pioneer BDR-207EBK 12x BluRay RW / 16x DVD±RW 128GB - Retail £85.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £61.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
Total : £728.50 (includes shipping : £10.50).



EDIT: Or add an extre 1TB for an extra £40:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Fractal Design Define R4 Midi Tower Case - Titanium Grey £99.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £99.98
1 x Pioneer BDR-207EBK 12x BluRay RW / 16x DVD±RW 128GB - Retail £85.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
Total : £766.49 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
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I'm not really sure about spending circa £100 on a case if one for £35-50 will do the job adequately...if the Xigmatek Asgard Pro will do the job then I'm leaning towards that.

All of these builds are really helping though, thank you folks.
 
Arrgh!

Now I've seen this overclocked bundle for around £40 more than if I bought the equivalent components seperately (as listed by some above)...is it worth the extra ££ do you think?

Bundle Specification
- CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.40GHz Ivybridge CPU
- Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
- RAM: Corsair Dominator 2x8GB DDR3 1600MHz C10 Dual Channel kit
- Cooler: Prolimatech Megahalem CPU Cooler w/ x2 Tech Labs Zaward 2000RPM 120mm Fan
- Artic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
 
Well, I own a GPU and wireless card already and I've already got my SSD:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Kingston 120GB SSDNow V+200 Drive SATA 6Gb/s - (SVP200S3/120G) £59.99
Total : £68.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).




I think I've finally settled on this to complete my build, any thoughts appreciated:

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Krypton Z77 660i" Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Ivybridge Overclocked Bundle £313.98
- 1 x Corsair Dominator 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMP16GX3M2A1600C10) £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £82.99
1 x OCZ ZT 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £69.98
1 x Pioneer BDR-207MBK 12x BluRay RW / 16x DVD±RW 128GB - OEM £69.98
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £34.99
Total : £770.87 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Finally plumped for this. About to purchase in about 1 hours' time. :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x "Krypton Z77 660i" Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Ivybridge Overclocked Bundle £313.98
- 1 x Corsair Dominator 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMP16GX3M2A1600C10) £99.95
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) £82.99
1 x Fractal Design Arc Midi Tower Case - Black £79.99
1 x Pioneer BDR-207MBK 12x BluRay RW / 16x DVD±RW 128GB - OEM £69.98
1 x OCZ ZT 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £69.98
Total : £817.37 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 
First ever build completed last night and it works like a dream. This thing runs so much faster than anything I've ever owned!
I turn it on, turn away and back again and there's my desktop already. WTF!! :eek:
 
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